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Google's Hanke: Maps, Mashups and Mobile

John Hanke, Google's head of Maps and Earth, keynoted this morning at ILM:07 and spoke in-depth about these products' recent announcements. These include MyLocation, terrain maps, user address corrections and enhancements to MyMaps. Just a normal week for Google though,…

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Google’s Hanke: Maps, Mashups and Mobile

John Hanke, Google's head of Maps and Earth, keynoted this morning at ILM:07 and spoke in-depth about these products' recent announcements. These include MyLocation, terrain maps, user address corrections and enhancements to MyMaps. Just a normal week for Google though,…

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Google Sidesteps GPS

Google has launched MyLocation, a nice tool for mobile maps that triangulates your location based on your distance to cell towers. A blue dot and a circle are placed on Google mobile maps that show you where you are and…

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It All Comes Down to the Culture

Executive Interview: The Leading Edge: Auto Advertising in Transition had very much the same ring to it as yesterday's session on real estate in transition. At The Kelsey Group's ILM:07 event, the final panel each day was on two of…

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Calacanis on Local Search

ILM:07 was fortunate to have Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo, as a speaker. Always a straight shooter and a prolific blogger, Calacanis is very outspoken about his feelings about search, social media, SEO and local search. When asked about the…

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Palihapitiya on Facebook's Local Opportunity

During a keynote at our ILM:07 conference in L.A., Chamath Palihapitiya, Facebook's VP of product marketing and operations, said the company is keenly interested in driving local advertising via local media partners, its own outreach efforts and other means. Just…

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Palihapitiya on Facebook’s Local Opportunity

During a keynote at our ILM:07 conference in L.A., Chamath Palihapitiya, Facebook's VP of product marketing and operations, said the company is keenly interested in driving local advertising via local media partners, its own outreach efforts and other means. Just…

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ILM Roundup: Company Announcements

There have been a handful of announcements in and around ILM:07 so far. Here is a jumping-off point: Online Consumer Generated Reviews Have Significant Impact on Offline Purchase Behavior Yellowpages.com Advertisers Come to Live in Online Video Profiles Citysearch Announces…

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Is Convergence IYP's Savior?

Speakers on a spirited panel on the “Convergence of Local Media and Directories” here today at ILM:07/SES Local agreed that online directories need to embrace elements of search and social networking as well as Yellow Pages in order to be…

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Is Convergence IYP’s Savior?

Speakers on a spirited panel on the “Convergence of Local Media and Directories” here today at ILM:07/SES Local agreed that online directories need to embrace elements of search and social networking as well as Yellow Pages in order to be…

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'Local' E-Commerce: Ready for Prime Time?

The concept of localized e-commerce was discussed at one of the breakout sessions this afternoon at ILM:07. The essence of the question is how soon will SMBs be part of the growing trend that helps consumers find out where brand…

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TMP Local Search Research, Take Two

Stuart McKelvey, president and CEO of TMP Directional Marketing, gave ILM:07 attendees a second look at their online user study to help clarify its results and provide insight on how this can serve to help more effectively plan both online…

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Stubbs Discusses AT&T's Post-Ingenio Vision

Charles Stubbs, president of Yellowpages.com, was a surprise guest this morning at ILM:07. Stubbs came to discuss AT&T’s recent acquisition of Ingenio and its implications for Yellowpages.com and AT&T Advertising & Publishing.   AT&T purchased all Ingenio’s assets, intellectual property and…

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Stubbs Discusses AT&T’s Post-Ingenio Vision

Charles Stubbs, president of Yellowpages.com, was a surprise guest this morning at ILM:07. Stubbs came to discuss AT&T’s recent acquisition of Ingenio and its implications for Yellowpages.com and AT&T Advertising & Publishing.   AT&T purchased all Ingenio’s assets, intellectual property and…

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